Gardening-How-To.com

Welcome to Gardening-How-To.com

Article

Cork's Coziness Makes It Ideal Flooring
News Canada

In kids' bedrooms, and family, music and rec rooms, Cork feels cozy to the toes.

(NC)�I remember the cork flooring in my old public school. Durable, easy to care for and very comfortable underfoot � but it was like a huge bulletin board on the floor!

I've recently discovered, however, that Cork has become one of the most beautiful and sensuous flooring materials on the market.

Cork floors have been used in commercial and public areas for decades. They reduce noise, insulate against both heat and cold, and are nonallergenic.

With qualifications that good, it makes sense to bring Cork flooring into the home. In entrances it withstands years of dropped hockey sticks and spilled soft drinks. In kids' bedrooms, and family, music and rec rooms, Cork feels cozy to the toes.

Cork floors are perfect for the kitchen. Unlike ceramic tile, cork is comfortable to stand on for hours. It's more forgiving than ceramic (especially if you drop a plate or teacup), will not dent easily and, with proper surface dressing, resists scratches. The patterns and richly textured surfaces of cork floors also disguise dust and dirt.

Today's cork flooring works with any d�cor. Dark natural tones enhance more formal settings, such as dining and living rooms. Lighter shades are great for the more casual look of a family room or play area.

The grainless patterning of cork makes it ideal where space is a challenge. Cork tiles installed in two contrasting colours or tones, checker-board style, create a dramatic effect in an entranceway or kitchen.

Cork is environmentally friendly. It is harvested from the bark of the Cork Oak, grown primarily in Portugal. Bark is harvested every nine years from mature trees, and they can thrive for up to 200 years.

There's a wide selection of unfinished or prefinished Cork floors available that can be nailed or glued down. One of Canada's most innovative flooring companies, TORLYS of Mississauga (www.torlys.com), won rave flooring industry reviews when it took Cork floors to a new level and introduced Uniclic� Cork. These prefinished cork planks and tiles simply click together over existing floors (no special subfloor is needed), using a patented joint system called Uniclic. These joints are ultra-tight, and the floor looks great when it's down.

Check out cork � it's natural, friendly and comfortable under foot, and it could be the right solution for you.

- News Canada

News Canada provides a wide selection of current, ready-to-use copyright free news stories and ideas for Television, Print, Radio, and the Web.

News Canada is a niche service in public relations, offering access to print, radio, television, and now the Internet media, with ready-to-use, editorial "fill" items. Monitoring and analysis are two more of our primary services. The service supplies access to the national media for marketers in the private, the public, and the not-for-profit sectors. Your corporate and product news, consumer tips and information are packaged in a variety of ready-to-use formats and are made available to every Canadian media organization including weekly and daily newspapers, cable and commercial television stations, radio stations, as well as the Web sites Canadians visit most often. Visit News Canada and learn more about the NC services.

Arizona Gardening Best products

Arizona Gardening News

arizona gardening

Grab your trowels, rakes and shovels because Southwest horticulturist Mary Irish will be in town Saturday to lecture about "Plants for Desert Gardens" at the Gila Mountain United Methodist Church, 12716 North Frontage Road in the Foothills. Mary's ...

Desert garden author in Yuma Saturday - Yuma Daily Sun

Each year, the Arizona Farm Bureau singles out members of the farming community and the general public to recognize them for their outstanding contributions to the agriculture industry. This year, two people from Yuma - Kurt Nolte and Val Colvin ...

State farm group honors two Yumans - Yuma Daily Sun

Maybe it was just a mirage disappearing in the desert. A year ago this week -- Nov. 11, 2007, to be exact -- the Lions headed west with their 6-2 record and a three-game winning streak to face a Cardinals team that had lost three in a row. The ...

Birds turn the Lions south - Detroit News

• Hearken back to the golden days of radio with a live radio play, ”It’s a Wonderful Life,” which is based on the classic film of the 1940s and tells the beloved story of George Bailey, the unsung hero of Bedford Falls, whose countless small ...

The Guide - Northwest Explorer

Board members from The Capital Times Kids Fund received thanks from members of scores of groups who received grants within the past year to help them help kids in the Dane County community, but the thanks really should go to those who contribute to ...

Dozens of groups grateful for Kids Fund grants - Wisconsin State Journal

It's a strange feeling, the first time you're unsure how or where you'll spend Thanksgiving dinner. Perhaps home is too far or too expensive or too uncomfortable to visit. Or a work schedule trumps tradition. Thank God for cooks who delight in taking ...

Building a home away from home for Thanksgiving - Seattle Times

• What: Michelle Dresbold Talks Handwriting. • When: 6:30 p.m. Friday. • Where: Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive. • Cost: Free. You can change your personality by working to change your handwriting, Michelle Dresbold says ...

The law of the letters - Arizona Daily Star

She was born Feb. 23, 1922, in Hendersonville. She moved to Venice, Fla., 40 years ago. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church of Venice. She did church charity work, knitted lap blankets for wheelchair patients, volunteered for Meals On ...

You must fill in all fields - Blueridgenow.com

He won the conservative icon's Senate seat from Arizona when Goldwater retired in 1986, and he has held Goldwater as a role model ever since. On Monday night, McCain will end his presidential campaign in the Arizona town where Goldwater launched his ...

Sketch: Two Senators From Arizona - Washington Post

'Drought-tolerant'' is a characteristic high on every gardener's plant list these days since water restrictions are about to become permanent. But this year's rainy season has outdone itself after a two-year drought, so the question becomes: How can ...